Russia on Saturday denied being behind fake videos linked to the US elections, after US intelligence services accused it of being responsible for a fake video showing a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times for Kamala Harris . The clip relayed in particular on the social network X, is still visible despite requests for withdrawal.
“We have taken note of the statement by the American intelligence services accusing our country of disseminating fabricated videos of electoral violations in the United States. We consider these allegations to be unfounded”said the Russian Embassy in the United States in a statement published on Telegram and also broadcast by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The embassy emphasizes that Moscow has not received “no evidence supporting these allegations when contacting US authorities”.
As President Vladimir Putin has reiterated, we respect the will of the American people. All insinuations about Russian machinations are malicious slander.
Embassy of Russia in the United States
The head of elections in the US state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, said in a statement Thursday evening “of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant possessing several Georgia ID cards and claiming to have voted several times”.
This is an example of the targeted disinformation we have seen in this and other elections. This is probably a production of Russian troll farms.
Brad Raffensperger, elections official in the US state of Georgia
Suspicions confirmed by the Federal Police (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in a joint press release on Friday.
“The Intelligence Community concludes that Russian agents of influence fabricated a recent video falsely showing individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple Georgia counties”according to the text. “This activity by Russia is part of a broader effort by Moscow to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of the U.S. election and fuel divisions among Americans.”affirm these federal agencies. They specify that they expect these attempts to continue until the vote and “in the following weeks and months”.
In the fake video, we see a man in a vehicle saying in a monotone voice to the camera:
We are from Haiti. We arrived in America six months ago, and we already have American citizenship – we are voting for Kamala Harris.
Text of the fake video
He then claims that he and his friends voted in several counties and shows a series of driver's licenses.
Georgia's elections official asked “Elon Musk and the management of other social media platforms to remove” the video.
But the 20-second clip can still be viewed on X, the social network of the billionaire, who since July has taken up the cause of Donald Trump against Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris.
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